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‘Is that you?’: How 15-year-old ‘detective’ realised he was star of the Louvre heist | World News

Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux poses with an Associated Press photo of him outside the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Rambouillet, south of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) It began, as all great French absurdities do, with a robbery that felt like theatre. Eight imperial jewels vanished from […]

Fingerprints, DNA and a foiled escape: How French police caught Louvre museum heist suspects; hunt for jewels still on

French authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the high-profile theft of France’s crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre Museum, officials confirmed on Sunday. The arrests come a week after the dramatic heist, in which thieves made off with royal artifacts worth an estimated 88 million euros (102 million dollars), leaving the world’s most-visited museum […]

Louvre jewel heist: Two suspects arrested over theft at Paris museum – what we know

Two suspects have been arrested in the $100 million Louvre jewel theft, one week after what has been termed as the “heist of the century”, French media outlet Le Parisien reported on Sunday.The stolen items consisted of a sapphire diadem, a necklace, and one earring from a set associated with 19th-century Queens Marie-Amelie and Hortense.What […]

After fake detective, German lift company becomes the new star of the Louvre heist | World News

There’s something absurdly European about a crime where the French lose their jewels and the Germans gain a marketing slogan.Last Sunday, thieves carried out a four-minute daylight heist at the Louvre, the kind of operation that would’ve made Danny Ocean blush. They rolled up in a truck, deployed a German-made Böcker Agilo freight lift, scaled […]

German company shares photo of forklift used in Louvre heist to promote itself | World News

Turning crisis into opportunity was never this epic. When a Böcker Agilo forklift, built by the German company Böcker Maschinenwerke GmbH, was used in a daring daylight robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris, the manufacturer decided not to hide from the spotlight. Instead, it embraced the unexpected publicity with humour. The company shared a […]

‘The French Detective’: How a Camus captured the absurd after Louvre heist | World News

Albert Camus described the Absurd as the clash between humankind’s longing for meaning and the world’s refusal to give it. We search for reason, order and justice, but the universe responds with silence and coincidence. The Absurd is not despair; it is theatre. And last week, the Louvre became its stage.On a quiet October morning, […]

Watch: Louvre museum thieves’ slow getaway with France’s crown jewels; caught on camera

Louvre museum thieves caught on camera escaping with the jewels. A video has emerged showing two thieves calmly escaping the Louvre Museum in Paris with an estimated €88 million (£76 million) worth of France’s crown jewels — in what is being described as one of the country’s most spectacular heists in decades.The 36-second clip, verified […]

‘French things’: Who is the fedora-hat detective investigating Louvre museum heist? Internet’s latest obsession

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, was targeted by thieves on Sunday, October 19, when they stole historic jewellery valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) in broad daylight.The heist was described as a “terrible failure” for the museum by Louvre Director Laurence des Cars, who has subsequently offered to resign. Caught on Camera: Louvre […]

Watch: Louvre robbers make daring escape in broad daylight with $100 million worth of jewels

New footage has emerged showing the thieves who stole $100 million worth of jewels from the Louvre making a slow getaway in broad daylight in front of French peopleThe video shows two men — one wearing a neon vest and another in a motorcycle helmet — in the basket of a lift, slowly lowering to […]

Watch: Louvre robbers make daring escape in broad daylight with $100 million worth of jewels

New footage has emerged showing the thieves who stole $100 million worth of jewels from the Louvre making a slow getaway in broad daylight in front of French peopleThe video shows two men — one wearing a neon vest and another in a motorcycle helmet — in the basket of a lift, slowly lowering to […]